List of Governors of Pennsylvania
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List of Pennsylvania Governors
The office of Pennsylvania governor was created by the state's Constitution of 1790. Before 1790, those who are listed below had held the office called president of the state Supreme Executive Council.
Presidents of the Supreme Executive Council to 1790
- 1777-1778.....Thomas Wharton, Jr.
(no party affiliation)
- 1778..............George Bryan
(no party affiliation)
- 1778-1781.....Joseph Reed (no party affiliation)
- 1781-1782.....William Moore (no party affiliation)
- 1782-1785.....John Dickinson (no party affiliation)
- 1785-1790.....Benjamin Franklin (no party affiliation)
Governors since 1790
| Term Began | Term Ended | Governor | Party | Notes |
| 21 Dec 1790 | 17 Dec 1799 | Thomas Mifflin | None | |
| 17 Dec 1799 | 20 Dec 1808 | Thomas McKean | Dem-Rep | |
| 20 Dec 1808 | 16 Dec 1817 | Simon Snyder | Dem-Rep | |
| 16 Dec 1817 | 19 Dec 1820 | William Findlay | Dem-Rep | |
| 19 Dec 1820 | 16 Dec 1823 | Joseph Hiester | Dem-Rep | |
| 16 Dec 1823 | 15 Dec 1829 | John Andrew Shulze | Dem-Rep | |
| 15 Dec 1829 | 15 Dec 1835 | George Wolf | Dem-Rep | |
| 15 Dec 1835 | 15 Jan 1839 | Joseph Ritner | Anti-Masonic | |
| 15 Jan 1839 | 21 Jan 1845 | David Rittenhouse Porter | Democratic | First Gov. under Constitution of 1838 |
| 21 Jan 1845 | 09 Jul 1848 | Francis Rawn Shunk | Democratic | Resigned |
| 09 Jul 1848 | 26 Jul 1848 | - office vacant; see below - | ||
| 26 Jul 1848 | 20 Jan 1852 | William Freame Johnston | Whig | |
| 20 Jan 1852 | 16 Jan 1855 | William Bigler | Democratic | |
| 16 Jan 1855 | 19 Jan 1858 | James Pollock | Whig | |
| 19 Jan 1858 | 15 Jan 1861 | William Fisher Packer | Democratic | |
| 15 Jan 1861 | 15 Jan 1867 | Andrew Gregg Curtin | Republican | |
| 15 Jan 1867 | 21 Jan 1873 | John White Geary | Republican | |
| 21 Jan 1873 | 21 Jan 1879 | John Frederick Hartranft | Republican | First Gov. under Constitution of 1874 |
| 21 Jan 1879 | 16 Jan 1883 | Henry Martin Hoyt | Republican | |
| 16 Jan 1883 | 18 Jan 1887 | Robert Emory Pattison | Democratic | |
| 18 Jan 1887 | 20 Jan 1891 | James Addams Beaver | Republican | |
| 20 Jan 1891 | 15 Jan 1895 | Robert Emory Pattison | Democratic | 2nd Administration |
| 15 Jan 1895 | 17 Jan 1899 | Daniel Hartman Hastings | Republican | |
| 17 Jan 1899 | 20 Jan 1903 | William Alexis Stone | Republican | |
| 20 Jan 1903 | 15 Jan 1907 | Samuel Whitaker Pennypacker | Republican | |
| 15 Jan 1907 | 17 Jan 1911 | Edwin Sydney Stuart | Republican | |
| 17 Jan 1911 | 19 Jan 1915 | John Kinley Tener | Republican | |
| 19 Jan 1915 | 21 Jan 1919 | Martin Grove Brumbaugh | Republican | |
| 21 Jan 1919 | 16 Jan 1923 | William Cameron Sproul | Republican | |
| 16 Jan 1923 | 18 Jan 1927 | Gifford Pinchot | Republican | |
| 18 Jan 1927 | 20 Jan 1931 | John Stuchell Fisher | Republican | |
| 20 Jan 1931 | 15 Jan 1935 | Gifford Pinchot | Republican | 2nd Administration |
| 15 Jan 1935 | 17 Jan 1939 | George Howard Earle | Democratic | |
| 17 Jan 1939 | 19 Jan 1943 | Arthur Horace James | Democratic | |
| 19 Jan 1943 | 03 Jan 1947 | Edward Martin | Republican | Resigned; see below. |
| 03 Jan 1947 | 21 Jan 1947 | John Cromwell Bell, Jr. | Republican | |
| 21 Jan 1947 | 16 Jan 1951 | James Henderson Duff | Republican | |
| 16 Jan 1951 | 18 Jan 1955 | John Sydney Fine | Republican | |
| 18 Jan 1955 | 20 Jan 1959 | George Michael Leader | Republican | |
| 20 Jan 1959 | 15 Jan 1963 | David Leo Lawrence | Democratic | |
| 15 Jan 1963 | 17 Jan 1967 | William Warren Scranton | Republican | |
| 17 Jan 1967 | 19 Jan 1971 | Raymond Philip Shafer | Republican | |
| 19 Jan 1971 | 16 Jan 1979 | Milton Jerrold Shapp (Shapiro) | Democratic | First Gov. under Constitution of 1968 |
| 16 Jan 1979 | 20 Jan 1987 | Richard Lewis "Dick" Thornburgh | Republican | |
| 20 Jan 1987 | 17 Jan 1995 | Robert Patrick Casey | Democratic | |
| 14 Jun 1993 | 13 Dec 1993 | Mark S. Singel | Democratic | Acting Governor; see below. |
| 17 Jan 1995 | 05 Oct 2001 | Thomas Joseph Ridge | Republican | Resigned; see below. |
| 05 Oct 2001 | 21 Jan 2003 | Mark Stephen Schweiker | Republican | Acted as Governor, 13 Sep - 05 Oct, 2001 |
| 21 Jan 2003 | - current - | Edward G. Rendell | Democratic |
- - Following Governor Shunk's resignation due to illness, an interregnum of 17 days occurred before Governor Johnston was sworn in, during which time the office was vacant. Under the state's constitution of the time, the Speaker of the Senate should have become Governor upon Shunk's resignation. Johnston however was not officially notified until six days after Shunk's death (17 days following his resignation).
- - Governor Martin resigned to take a seat in the United States Senate.
- - At 5 a.m. on June 14, 1993, Governor Casey transferred executive authority to Lieutenant Governor Mark Singel, and later that day underwent a heart-liver transplant operation. Singel acted as Governor until Casey resumed the powers and duties of the office on the evening December 13, 1993.
- - On September 13, 2001, Governor Ridge was enlisted to aid in national homeland security efforts following the September 11th terrorist attacks, temporarily transferring his powers to Schweiker. He later resigned to accept the position of Director of Homeland Security (now Secretary of Homeland Security).de:Liste der Gouverneure von Pennsylvania